MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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